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Inbound Trade Delegation: ESSENCE Trade and Investment Networking Session
28 Sep 2017 | 09:00 - 16:00

The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Trade & Investment KwaZulu Natal and Ethekwini Municipality will be hosting inward delegations during the ESSENCE Festival. The delegation consists of various companies in various sectors from the US and African Countries. A list of companies is attached for your perusal.
Representatives include CEOs from various businesses and government entities in addition to other agencies from the respective countries.
28 September 2017 | 09:00 - 16:00
This session is offered free of charge
SACCI Press Release
Embargo: 11:30 on Tue, 14 Feb 2017
Fragile Trade Conditions

The seasonal adjusted Trade Activity Index (TAI) declined from 53 in December 2016 to 46 in January 2017 - reflecting weaker trade conditions. The non-seasonally adjusted TAI was up to 45 from 44 in December 2016 and indicates the strong seasonal factor present in trade conditions - especially year-end. The seasonally adjusted TAI of January 2017 was up by 6 index points from the dismal TAI of 40 of January 2016. The solid improvements in trade conditions sighted in December 2016 and January 2017 were due to the surprising and unfortunate economic developments...[More Info]
EU signs Economic Partnership Agreement with Southern African countries

This development-oriented agreement is the first of its kind with an African region pursuing regional economic integration.

The European Union and six countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) today signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the first of its kind between the EU and an African region pursuing economic integration. The signature took place in Kasane, Botswana.
INTRODUCTION TO EXPORTING (Download Invite here)
The Department of Trade and Industry (the DTI) together with Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) invites both emerging and potential exporters to an Introduction to exporting training. The purpose of the training is to prepare Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) for the successful expansion of their businesses into the international market.

The process started with export awareness, and is now followed by a four-day introduction to exporting training covering the following basic export skills: Basic Concepts of Exporting, INCO terms, the Export Cycle, Introduction to Export, Administration, Finance and Marketing, the range of DTI Financial Incentives and cultural barriers in Exports.

This training is geared to capacitate companies to be export-ready, preparing them to meaningfully exploit export opportunities.
NOTICE TO ALL EXPORTERS TO ZIMBABWE AND CLEARING AGENTS
IMPLEMENTATION OF A CONFORMITY AND VALUATION PROGRAMME
The Government of Zimbabwe would like to inform the general public and business community in particular, that a programme to have consignments verified in the country of export has been put in place. The CBCA (Consignment Based Conformity Assessment) programme is intended to substantially reduce hazardous and substandard imported products and improve Customs duty collection. Within this CBCA programme, conformity to standards and declared value of goods intended to be exported to Zimbabwe will be verified prior shipment in the country of export. Upon satisfactory verification, a CBCA certificate will be issued for the consignment. This certificate shall be presented for Customs clearance on arrival in Zimbabwe.
The categories of goods subject to the programme currently include the following:
Food and agricultural products, building and civil engineering, timber and timber products, petroleum and fuel, packaging material, electrical/electronic appliances, body care, automotive and transportation, clothing and textile, engineering equipment, mechanical appliances, toys. The business community is urged to inform their suppliers of the implementation of the CBCA program. The suppliers should then contact Bureau Veritas, the Conformity assessment company appointed for the verification in exporting regions. Details on http://verigates.bureauveritas.com. Requests for certificates may also be sent to conformity.conformity.zimbabwe@bureauveritas.com.
From 16th of March 2015 plus 2 months, any consignment will have to be verified prior being shipped to Zimbabwe. Any consignment including goods mentioned here-above, not accompanied with the required CBCA certificate will be refused entry into the country. Compliant exporters will be able to benefit from fast track procedures reducing systematic intervention on their frequent exports to Zimbabwe. For the detailed list of products visit the ministry website http://www.mic.gov.zw and for further enquires forward an email to mailto:mic@mic.gov.zw.
Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal provides a range of services
The Export Development and promotions Unit (EDPU) is coordinating a mentorship program for selected number export-ready clients, thereby ensuring specific outcomes. The idea will therefore be to develop these enterprises in all aspects, but to focus specifically on the export component thereof. The programme will be driven towards the assessing, measuring, and improving of export performance over a period of time. This tailor-made support for emerging, existing and established exporters is geared at sharpening up their capabilities in exporting. We offer quarterly enterprise development programmes to exporters and make these available via capacity-building programmes comprising international best practises. The Enterprise Development Programme consists of a one-day-long theory presentation to a group of six to eight companies, followed by three days of on-site follow-up training to the attending companies. Typical export-related topics of finding the market, desk and market research, INCO terms, letters of credit, the export cycle and the sales contract are covered during the theory presentation, and are then applied whilst doing the subsequent on-site visits. Another export-development roll-out is the Programme Uitzending Managers (PUM), a Dutch-based company that rolls-out programmes that are designed at improving client-companies production efficiencies whilst performing on-site verifications of their work-in-process. Here we have commenced with our first group of eight companies where each company will be allocated an expert from the Netherlands for a period of two to three weeks. Interested companies are required to complete an application process. In this regard kindly contact Francois Bietrix on francois@tikzn.co.za for more information and guidance on completion of the PUM application, as well as on access to the Enterprise Development Programme.
Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal provides a range of services
In actively promoting business investment in KwaZulu-Natal, Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal provides a range of services, which include:
The purpose of the Investment Recruitment Assistance scheme is to assist KZN entrepreneurs / consortiums that are seeking international investment partners in manufacturing opportunities within KZN.

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